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Consumer Confidential: Medicare rates, peanut butter prices
Money & CompanyHere's your I'll-take-you-there Tuesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- Good news for seniors: Premiums for Medicare Part B coverage for physician and outpatient services will increase less than projected next year. Also, the deductible... -
Powerball jackpot soars past $200 million
Mr. Lucky Florida Lottery Blog - Orlando SentinelWe've reached the magic number: $200 million. That seems to be the figure that entices folks who don't regularly play Powerball to try their luck. The estimated jackpot for Saturday night's drawing is $203 million. That is based on taking payments over 30... -
Mark Salling steams up love scenes, feeds the children
Ministry of GossipMark Salling of "Glee" speaks out about love scenes with Idina Menzel, and just how awkward it was when he met her husband Taye Diggs. Mark Salling also participates in a new program to end child hunger with Feeding America and ConAgra.... -
Consumer Confidential: New limit on food ads, 'cramming' is costly, Spotify arrives
Money & CompanyHere's your throw-me-a-bone Thursday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --The country's biggest food companies are trying to head off stricter regulation of their activities by voluntarily cutting back on marketing unhealthy foods to children.... -
Food companies sign up for war on salt
For decades, people have been ignoring advice to eat less salt — in large part because it's hard to avoid. Processed and restaurant foods are simply loaded with sodium.
Now, under growing pressure from doctors, consumers, states, advocacy groups...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Health, University of Cincinnati, New York City, Health Organizations
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Higher commodity prices might spur inflation
WASHINGTON - Rising wholesale prices for food and energy are putting pressure on manufacturers and retailers to pass higher costs to customers. It's a trend that could raise inflation in the United States and slow economies in Asia and Latin America. U....Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry, Ben Bernanke, Energy, Contracts
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Rising meat consumption requires more grain
CHICAGO - China, the world's largest pork consumer, boosted demand for the meat by 30 percent since 2000 to an estimated 51.59 million tons this year, while beef consumption increased 6.7 percent, according to data compiled by the U.S. Meat Export...Tags: Elections, China, Politics, Denver
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ConAgra Foods 3Q net income drops on rising costs
NEW YORK (AP) - Escalating costs helped push ConAgra Foods Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter net income down 6 percent, but the maker of Healthy Choice and Chef Boyardee absorbed some of the impact through increased prices. ConAgra indicated in December...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Earnings Forecasts, Economy, Business and Finance, Potatoes, General Mills Incorporated
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Recalls don't get all tainted groceries
Tribune staff reporterUntil three years ago, Kenneth Maxwell enjoyed Banquet chicken and turkey pot pies so much he ate them three or four times a week. They were easy to prepare, and Maxwell could eat one for lunch and quickly return to work as an electrician. When cases...Tags: Product Recalls, Health, Illnesses, Food Industry, Health and Medical Professionals
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Nestle gets a B+ for chemistry
A report on the use of the chemical bisphenol-A, a suspected toxin commonly found in soda cans and baby bottles, has given Nestle S.A. a B-plus for its effort to eliminate use of the chemical. The report was commissioned by Green Century Capital...Tags: BPA Contamination and Investigations, Whole Foods Market, Companies and Corporations, California, Economy, Business and Finance
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1 body recovered in NC Slim Jim plant after explosion; searchers re-enter building after rain
Staff reporterGARNER, N.C. (AP) — Crews in protective suits were headed back into a collapsed Slim Jim factory through the roof in an effort to reach a second body and find a missing worker after an unexplained blast ripped through the plant, officials said...Tags: Industrial Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Plant Openings, Employees
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Navigating the Food Label Jungle
Tribune reportersIt's a jungle out there in the grocery aisles, a thicket of products claiming healthy this and nutritious that. Never before have food packages displayed so many health claims in the U.S., according to a recent commentary in the Journal of the American...Tags: Health, Justice System, Minnesota, Health Organizations, Alcoholic Beverages
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